Table 2. Median Drive Time in Minutes to Treatment by Social Vulnerability Index Within the Continental US in 2020.
| Social vulnerability index theme quartiles | Drive time by drug type and rural-urban classification, median (IQR), mina | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rural | Suburban | Urban | ||||||||||
| M | N | D | B | M | N | D | B | M | N | D | B | |
| Socioeconomic vulnerability | ||||||||||||
| First | 60 (40-84) | 40 (24-67) | 34.5 (23-56) | 31 (19-52) | 32 (23-44) | 22 (15-31) | 22 (16-29) | 18 (11-26) | 15 (10-21) | 8 (0-13) | 8 (1.25-13) | 0 (0-7) |
| Second | 65 (46-86) | 39 (24-61) | 35 (23-51) | 29 (19-46) | 36 (26-49) | 23 (16-33) | 23 (16-31) | 19 (11-27) | 13 (8-21) | 7 (0-13) | 6 (0-12) | 0 (0-8) |
| Third | 62 (45-82) | 36 (22-55) | 32 (22-47) | 26 (17-40) | 42 (29-57) | 25 (15-36.75) | 21 (13-31) | 19 (7-28) | 12 (6-20) | 6 (0-13) | 5 (0-10) | 0 (0-7) |
| Fourth | 61 (43-83) | 38 (23-58) | 31 (20-45) | 25 (15-38) | 47 (32-62) | 32 (20-46) | 23 (13-34) | 22 (11-33) | 9 (4-15) | 6 (0-11) | 4 (0-8) | 0 (0-6) |
| Household composition and disability | ||||||||||||
| First | 57 (38-80) | 36 (22.5-58) | 33 (22-53) | 27 (18-42) | 33 (23-45) | 21 (15-30) | 22 (16-29) | 17 (11-25) | 12 (7-19) | 6 (0-11) | 7 (0-11) | 0 (0-6) |
| Second | 62 (44-83) | 39 (24-62) | 34 (23-51) | 29 (18-46) | 37 (26-51) | 24 (16-35) | 23 (16-31) | 19 (11-28) | 13 (8-20.25) | 7 (0-13) | 6 (0-11) | 0 (0-7) |
| Third | 63 (44-84) | 37 (23-58) | 33 (22-48) | 28 (18-42) | 40 (28-55) | 26 (16-39) | 22 (13-31) | 20 (10-28.5) | 13 (7-22) | 8 (0-15) | 6 (0-11) | 0 (0-9) |
| Fourth | 63 (45-84) | 39 (24-59) | 32 (21-47) | 27 (16-41) | 45 (32-61) | 29 (18-43) | 23 (13-34) | 21 (10-32) | 12 (7-20) | 8 (0-14) | 6 (0-10) | 0 (0-9) |
| Racial and ethnic minority status and language | ||||||||||||
| First | 61 (42-83) | 34 (22-53) | 33 (23-48) | 27 (18-42) | 40 (29-55) | 25 (18-36) | 24 (17-34) | 21 (14-29) | 21 (15-29) | 14 (9-19) | 14 (9-18) | 9 (0-14) |
| Second | 61 (44-82) | 37 (23-55) | 32 (22-47) | 27 (17-41) | 38 (26-52) | 24 (16-34) | 23 (16-31) | 19 (11-28) | 18 (12-26) | 11 (5-16) | 11 (5-15) | 3 (0-11) |
| Third | 63 (46-84) | 43 (25-64.75) | 32 (21-50) | 27 (17-42) | 38 (26-53) | 26 (15-39) | 20 (12-29) | 18 (0-28) | 14 (9-21) | 7 (0-13) | 7 (0-12) | 0 (0-7) |
| Fourth | 64 (45-86) | 49 (30-73) | 35 (21-55) | 30 (17-49) | 38 (26-58) | 28 (15-45) | 19 (8-28) | 17 (0-28.5) | 10 (5-15) | 5 (0-10) | 4 (0-8) | 0 (0-4) |
| Housing type and transportation | ||||||||||||
| First | 61 (44-83) | 36 (23-57) | 32 (23-47) | 28 (19-44) | 35 (25-48) | 24 (17-34) | 24 (18-31) | 20 (14-28) | 17 (12-23) | 10 (5-15) | 9 (5-14) | 0 (0-10) |
| Second | 61 (43-83) | 37 (24-57) | 32 (22-46) | 28 (18-42) | 38 (27-52) | 25 (17-36) | 23 (16-33) | 20 (13-29) | 14 (9-21) | 7 (0-13) | 7 (0-12) | 0 (0-7) |
| Third | 62 (43-83) | 39 (24-60) | 33 (22-50) | 28 (17-43) | 40 (28-56) | 25 (14-39) | 21 (12-31) | 19 (0-28) | 11 (6-18) | 5 (0-11) | 4 (0-9) | 0 (0-5) |
| Fourth | 63 (45-85) | 39 (23-61) | 34 (22-51) | 26 (13.5-42) | 45 (30-61) | 26 (12-42) | 19 (7-30) | 16 (0-29) | 8 (4-14) | 4 (0-9) | 4 (0-8) | 0 (0-4) |
Abbreviations: B, buprenorphine; D, dialysis; M, methadone; N, naltrexone.
a
Drive time represents the time in minutes from the population weighted center of the zip code tabulation area to the zip code tabulation area of the nearest treatment location for each treatment type.